SHE AND ALLAN. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1921. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] 1-392 [393-395: ads] [396-402: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], errata slip tipped in at page 1, inserted frontispiece with color illustration by E. B. Comstock, original decorated red cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition, first binding. The U.S. edition preceded the British edition by about six weeks. "An interweaving of two popular story chains, the adventures of Allan Quatermain ... and She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. It is set chronologically a short time before the Vincey-Holly expedition described in SHE ... an imaginative, entertaining adventure story." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 740. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 384. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, p. 1400. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 90. Reginald 06564. Scott 76A. Whatmore F50.6.a. Top edge of text block just a bit dusty, else a fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing the frontispiece painting by Enos B. Comstock) with several short closed tears at edges, tiny chips from spine ends and corner tips, and some general dust soiling. Overall, an attractive example of the dust jacket. (#138501).
Price: $450.00
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